Chekhov in France, 1976–9

productions by Strehler, Miquel and Pintilié

Maria Shevtsova

pp. 80-98

in: Ian Donaldson (ed), Transformations in modern European drama, Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan, 1983

Abstract

The history of the director begins at the turn of the century. Since that time, when the director established his primacy in the theatre — as Antoine did in France and Stanislavsky in Russia, for instance — directors have been a powerful influence in the theatre, particularly in the evolution of the mise-en-scène.